Rim and tire fastening for wheels.



No. 822.'.7l4 y PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

H. .ATCHESON dz J. H. WALSH.

RM AND TIRE PASTENING FOR WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led Jiily 31,1905 Serial No. 271,909.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT H. ATciiE- soN and JOSEPH H. Wniisincitizens ol' the United States of America, and residents ol* (hieopee,in the county of lil'anipden and State'ol Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rim and lire Fastenings forWheels of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriplion.

(hir invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheels, and more larticularly to means for detachably fastening tlieouter shoe of thepneumatic tire onto the rim or lolly of the wheel.

rThe principal object of the invention is to provide improvedconstructions and arrangements of parts in and in conjunction with thewheel proper for an unusually convenient engagement and disengagement ofthe parts, for the assurance of secure retention of the tire on thewheel-rim at all times except when disconnection is desired, and' withthe requirement of cxtreme simplicity, cheapness, durability,and'sightliness.

The invention consists in a wheel having the rim or felly thereofprovided at one side with an annular tire-shoe-engaging portion andhaving at its other side an outwardl fprojecting flange provided with aof downwardlyprojecting studs and having combined therewith a detachabletire-shoeeiigaging ring provided at its lower portion with an inw ardly-extending flange constructn ed with a series ofcircumferentially-extend ing slots having angular extensions openingr tothe inner edge of said iiiwardly-extending flange, and in certainspecific features of construction ol some of the parts, allsubstantially as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in theclaims.

The improved tire-retention device is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in whicli- Figure 1 is a side view of a wheel for anautomobile or other vehicle equipped with a pneumatic-tire shoe and adetachable sliceconliiiing device, edge portions ot the structure beingrepresentedin vertical section on thc plane determined hy the line 1 1on. Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, on a larger scale, :istaken on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective View ol' aportion ol7 one of' the novel annular tire-shoe retainers. Fig. 4 is aperspective view et one of a series of studs provided in the wheel. 5 isface view of an inner portion of the wlice or i'elly, sliowing poitionsof the opi'iositeiylocated tire-sh(ie-retaining rings in their positionson the wheel.

Similarl characters ol reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

ln the drawings, A represents the wooden folly of the wheel provided atits outer circun'iferential portion with a lat annular nicf tallicsection a', extending to constitute llanges b, horizontally andoutwardly protruding beyond the opposite sides/.oiC the telly proper.Said i'langeelike extensions er provided with a regularly-spaced seriesol' studs d, which, as shown iii Yli`ig. 2, project iii wardly--thzitis, with their axes parallel with the face-planes of the wheel, or,otherwise stated, as at right angles to the wheel-anis.

These studs, as repr `:exited in :Z and 4, have head-llanges d?, whichare shouldered, as represented'at d, and have their snanirs n s" J ulitted and riveted in holes tlierelor in the iiiieflange-like extensionsc of the aforesaid tallie fell" -'section; but the inode el ser thestuds'to the portion t may he other than l y riveting.

B represents the pneumatic `tire, olf' nich e is the inner tube and e isthe shoe, which iii the present instance is represented as of somewhatcommon type elett at its hott/om te Aoe spread open tliereat and havingaiiiiular yticeet or hase portions ff, which rest en the overhanginglielly-section- D D represent the pair ol' detachable tin shoe-engagingrings each ii'rovided at its inner portionMthat is, its portion nearerits center with a transversely and inwiir( extending l'lange g,constructed with a si of substantially circuiiileientially ont. andcomi'iaratively short slots 7i, hariw' iiigiilar extensions :'12,oi'iening to the inner erige of said inwardly-extending iange Tintire-slioe-engiigiiigrings are at their outer tions constructed andadapted, may require, t'or the retention oi tire-slices i Variousspceilie loriiis, and lor eoaction mi shoes of the hind here illustratedl rii are construr'ited with the inwai'dly-protiiiding annular andbeveled ilaiiges 'i i.

Assumiiig that the tire-slice is properly in.

lace on the telly, the retaining-ring is brought to place sidewise inrelation to the metallic flange the ,ring-ilange g being pe` ripherallyadjacent the inner surface of the felly-ilange and the transverse slotextensions matching with the fixed studs d. The ring is then movedbodily inwardly relatively to the wheel on the line of its axis until aposition of the ring is assumed which brings the circumferential lineimagined to pass through the intermedia te portions of all of thelongitudinal slots 7i of the series coincident with the axes ofthestuds, whereupon the securing-ring is given a slight degree of rotativemotion to perfect the engagement of the ring with the l'elly, as clearlyto be perceived in the drawings.

For the purpose of locking the parts in their engaged positions aset-screw provided to penetrate the ring-flange g and thc folly- Hangel) in the manner shown in Fig. 2.

A reversal of the action described for engaging and fastening the'tire-shoe retaining parts is manifestly followed for the detachment ofsuch parts and the removal or partial displacement of the shoe.

It is advantageous to construct the longitudinal boundaries of the slotsit inclined to the side or face plane of the wheel, so that in theslight rotative movement to be given to the securing-ring, as abovedescribed, there may be a crowding action relatively between the studsand slot sides for automatically acquiring a pressure in an inward direction of f the ring-flange 'i relatively to the base or foot flange ofthe tire-shoe.

It may be sufiicient in many cases to pro vide the detachabletire-shoe-engaging ring only at one side of the wheel-rim, the tire*shoe engaging means at the opposite side of the wheel-rim being of anycharacter having ritness to the purpose, and it is a matter of mercelection on the partol the constructorwhether a single ring orduplicated detachable tireshoe-engaging rings be provided for coactionwith the wheel-rim, scribed.

'Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a wheel, a `telly, a ilat metallic band secured thereto, andhaving outstanding portions on opposite sides thereof extending in theplane of the periphery of the telly, a plurality of radially inwardlyprojecting headed studs secured to said outstanding portions of themetallic band, and separate, annular substantially U-shaped tire-shoe-enaging rings located upon opposite sides of t ie felly and each rinhaving one of its parallel walls provided with a plurality of angularslots opening to the outer edge of the wall, the said walls of the ringsbeing in overlapping engagement with the outstanding portions of themetallic band and the headed studs in interlocking engagement with theangular slots.

2. A wheel having a ielly provided at its outer circumferential portionwith a metallic annular section extending to constitute flanges,horizontally and outwardly beyond the opposite sides of the felly,`proper, and said flange-like cxtei'isions being provided with a seriesof radially inwardly projecting studs, a pair of detachabletire-shoe-engaging rings'each provided at its inner portion with atransversely inwardly extending flange constructed with a series ofsubstantially circumferentiallyextending slots opening to the inner edgeof said llange, and means for confining the dctachably-engagedslice-engaging rings against rotative movement relatively to thewheel-rim Signed by us at Springlield, Massachusetts, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ROBERT Il. ATCHESON. JOSEPH H. WALSH.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, JULlUs l). GARFIELD.

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